Accounting and Computer Science are among the new traditional undergraduate majors being offered at the Mesa branch campus.

April 14, 2014

Mesa, Arizona ~ Do you want to pursue a career in one of the top five most in-demand jobs in the nation? Then students living in Southwest Arizona may want to pursue a degree at Benedictine University at Mesa.

Benedictine will begin offering a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in fall 2014. Time magazine reported earlier this year that accountant and tech jobs are some of the most highly needed positions that companies nationwide are seeking to fill.

Benedictine – named the fastest-growing university in the country by The Chronicle of Higher Education and among 10 universities in the nation on the cutting edge of tech for 2013 by education and technology blog edcetera – aims to prepare students for the workforce in sustainable careers and meet the needs of employers nationally and internationally. The University provides a private, values-based education grounded in Benedictine heritage and Catholic tradition.

Through its National Moser Center for Adult Learning, Benedictine will also offer the University’s first accelerated undergraduate degrees for adults in Arizona in Criminal Justice and Accounting.

The National Moser Center for Adult Learning was established to expand the reach to more nontraditional adult undergraduate and graduate students and provide them with Benedictine’s strong values-based education curriculum. The center promises to provide adult students throughout the country with accessible, affordable and applicable private higher education opportunities.

To learn about more programs at the National Moser Center for Adult Learning, call (877) 353-9622 or email adultenrollment@ben.edu.

For more information about Benedictine, its degree programs and how to apply, please visit ben.edu/mesa or the Gregory Enrollment Center at 51 E. Main St., Suite 105 in downtown Mesa, or contact the University at (602) 888-5533 or mesa@ben.edu.

The University is accepting applications for fall 2014 enrollment.

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Benedictine University at Mesa is a branch campus of Benedictine University, an independent Roman Catholic institution located in Lisle, Illinois, just 25 miles west of Chicago. Founded in 1887, Benedictine is ranked No. 1 among the country’s fastest-growing campuses between 2000-2010 in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of private nonprofit research institutions, and Forbes magazine named Benedictine among “America’s Top Colleges” for the third consecutive year in 2013. Education and technology blog edcetera named Benedictine University at Mesa among 10 universities in the nation on the cutting edge of tech for 2013.